{"product_id":"9781906830816","title":"A Selection from the Sigurd Leeder Heritage","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigurd Leeder was a remarkable man, an artist, dancer, choreographer and a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld-renowned teacher of dance. He had an exceptional talent in conveying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epriceless gems of dance knowledge through his use of imagination and of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimagery. His form of dance training, based on Rudolf Laban’s theories, was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erich and varied. Observing what particular aspect of dance technique needed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework, he would create a Study around that physical, spatial, dynamic or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erhythmical need. This book presents ten such studies in contrasting moods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand sensitivities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1930s Ann Hutchinson, a diligent student at the Jooss-Leeder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDance School at Dartington Hall in Devon, spent time working on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edance notation scores of the classroom training studies she experienced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese notations became a part of the preservation of that style of dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraining and also the foundation of her lifetime involvement in the subject of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emovement notation and its enrichment for dance education. Realizing how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elittle this form of training is now available, she determined to provide a start\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby publishing a selection of these studies from the Leeder heritage for the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebenefit of future dance students. Married to ballet historian Ivor Guest, she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis aware of the importance of augmenting the dance heritage for the dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dance Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033347277040,"sku":"9781906830816","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906830816_p0.jpg?v=1763618118","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906830816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}